Spelling Again won a narrow victory over tough luck challenger Cali Star in Saturday’s Grade 2 $250,000 Princess Rooney at Gulfstream Park. The win not only earned her a nice share of the purse but also an all expenses paid entry into the Breed....

Exaggerator is getting ready to run in the third leg of the Triple Crown and with Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist sidelined with a fever and high white blood cell count he’ll be a prohibitive favorite in the June 11 race. His connections are very....

Nyquist won’t run in the Belmont Stakes as he recovers from an illness. After the Kentucky Derby, it looked like he might dominate the three year old class. Now it could be Exaggerator ruling the roost. With Nyquist sidelined the Belmont is his....

Amid all of the pageantry and excitement of the Preakness last weekend there was a reality that was likely out of sight and out of mind for most in attendance. The Pimlico Race Course–home of the Preakness–is dilapidated and in need of re....

It wasn’t ‘worst case scenario’ for Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist but he won’t be going to the Belmont Stakes. According to trainer Doug O’Neill his horse is suffering from a high white blood cell count which is indicati....

The two biggest names at the Preakness Stakes–Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist and Preakness winner Exaggerator–both rested on Sunday but each has a markedly different plan for the week. The top news in horse racing at the moment is Nyquist&....

Nyquist and Exaggerator are going to go at it again for the sixth time at the Belmont Stakes. Connections for both horses have indicated their intention to run in the third leg of the Triple Crown on June 9 at New York’s Belmont Park. Nyquist w....

American Pharoah will remain the only horse to win the Triple Crown since 1978 for at least one more year as Keith Desormeaux’s Exaggerator closed strong to beat Nyquist and claim the Preakness Stakes. Nyquist set blistering fractions early but....

The Preakness field will grow by one and the other races on the weekend card at Pimlico will have fuller fields due to the end of the equine herpes quarantine at Philadelphia’s Parx Racing. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has lifted ....

In general, horse racing trainers are a reserved breed. They speak in measured terms about the abilities of their horses and avoid talking up–or talking down–opposing horses. For that reason alone, the praise heaped on kentucky Derby winn....

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